VH-AZI  Auster 5D                                       (c/n  1013)

                                   

                                         This was the former Auster AOP Mk V NJ626 civilianized in 1950 as G-AMII.  It was shipped
                                         to Australia  in November 1951, although not CofA'd and registered VH-AZI until March of 1952.
                                         It has had a couple of periods of withdrawn from use inactivity since then, but is still (2011) currently
                                         registered.  Greg Banfield's shot above was taken at Camden, NSW on 20 January 1974.